| Playing cold
Dear Toots
How are you today? After reading several of your posts I'm convinced that you are the guy to help me with my Problem.
I am a professional player and have been playing now for 15 years. I'm in between gigs now and am making a nice little living busking on the streets despite the cold. Here's my problem. I have a really nice Martin Committee that I wanna keep nice, and unless I am constantly breathing into my horn to warm it, my pistons freeze solid after about 2 minutes,and I have to go inside to warm them. So if I brethe into my horn constantly theres no problem with them freezing.
Here's the question. We are only in January and I know theres gonna be a few more months of this weather. Will performing out in this cold hurt my horn in any way? I can stand the cold and have a family to support but am worried about my horn? Thoughts?
Thanks Toots
Rick AKA Trumpet Man |